Post on 09-Aug-2020
MaryWollstonecraftIntroduction and Background
BriefBiography• Born in 1759• Began her career as a
teacher and writer• Became involved in radical
thinking and politics • Traveled to France to
witness the French Revolution• Later married radical
philosopher and novelist, William Godwin• Gave birth to Mary Shelley
in 1797• Died 11 days later
KeyWorks• A Vindication of the
Rights of Men (1790). Reacted against Edmund Burke’s conservative attack on the French Revolution in his Reflections on the Revolution in France(1790) • A Vindication of the
Rights of Woman (1794). Argued for intellectual and educational equality between the sexes
ToThinkAbout…• How does
Wollstonecraft’s work address the course theme—the individual and the public good?• Lots of talk about
marriage and family—how does the family affect the individual? Why is the family unit important in the public realm?